Chad L. Aldis has been appointed as Director of the Iowa Department of Education. Mr. Aldis has served as Vice President for Ohio Policy and Advocacy at the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, as Executive Director of School Choice Ohio, as Ohio State Director for StudentsFirst, and as a Legislative Analyst for the Education Committee of the Florida House of Representatives. He earned a BS in Economics at the University of Mississippi and a JD at Florida State University. Mr. Aldis replaces former Director Ann Lebo.